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Areas USA, Inc.401(k)

AREAS USA, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · MIAMI, FL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.63%

Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Areas USA, Inc. reported $113,655 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.63% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $372 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 1.63%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Florida (2,007th of 3,644), and the 670th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $3.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 661 to 1,168 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,093,717
Participants with balances952
Active participants1,168
Employer contributions$434,323
Employee contributions$1,621,439
Employer contribution per active participant$372
Average account balance$8,502
Benefits paid to participants$961,368
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPAAST P.L.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.1M · 952 accts · $434K emplr
2023$5.9M · 875 accts · $357K emplr
2022$3.9M · 754 accts · $276K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$113,655
Total administrative$113,655
The Areas USA, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$372
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$372 per active participant
2023$330 per active participant
2022$417 per active participant

Areas USA, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

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Service providers · 20242
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$113,655
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP
2023ADP

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Administrative cost history3
2024$113,655 · 1.63%
2023$64,954 · 1.33%
2022$56,568 · 1.59%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 203841699 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.